Saturday, June 30, 2012
Conversations with Big Sister
** Vacation Edition **
Car Insurance 2
Big: Look at that lizard!
Mom: It's not a lizard; it's a gecko.
Big: So, is it going to try and sell us car insurance?
Islands
Mom: This island is called Hawaii or the Big Island
Big: What is the island called where we live?
Mom: Where we just were?
Big: No, like where our house is in Claremont
Mom: We don't live on an island.
Big: But there's the beach in California so how come it's not an island?
Good Behavior
Dad: Do you think you had good behavior today?
Big: I was really good today . . . . . . except for when I slammed my sister down and banged her head.
Relentless
Big: What does "relentless" mean?
Mom: Where did you hear that?
Big: A lady at the pool called me that
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I loved the good behavior one. Sounds like my kids. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying the stories!
Carol
Looks like you have a debate champ I your future. She's a quick one, with the word at least.
ReplyDeleteHa! those are funny!
ReplyDeleteI'd say that Big Sister has her Mother's vocabulary! How funny.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Big is so brilliant and bossy. Plus, I can't believe she remembered the Dr Seuss story and realized that yes, The Huntington is my backyard.
ReplyDeleteToday: "Mom, what does 'disegage' mean?"
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"Do you know that the platypus has a sense that we don't have? It's called electroreception. And, they're the only mammals that lay eggs."